Rule 21 OF DPDP RULES 2025

(1) An appeal, including any related documents, by a person aggrieved by an order or direction of the Board, shall be filed in digital form, following such procedure as may be specified by the Appellate Tribunal on its website.
(2) An appeal filed with the Appellate Tribunal shall be accompanied by fee of like amount as is applicable in respect of an appeal filed under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 (24 of 1997), unless reduced or waived by the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal at her discretion, and the same shall be payable digitally using the Unified Payments Interface or such other payment system authorised by the Reserve Bank of India as the Appellate Tribunal may specify on its website.
(3) The Appellate Tribunal
(a) shall not be bound by the procedure laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), but shall be guided by the principles of natural justice and, subject to the provisions of the Act, may regulate its own procedure; and
(b) shall function as a digital office which, without prejudice to its power to summon and enforce the attendance of any person and examine her on oath, may adopt techno- legal measures to conduct proceedings in a manner that does not require physical presence of any individual.